Variation Patterns in Interlanguage Pragmatics: Apology Speech Act of EFL Learners vs. American Native Speakers Academic Article

abstract

• Abstract Pragmatic competence consists of both pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic components. The choice of pragmalinguistic strategies aligned with sociopragmatic norms may vary based on situational, cultural, and individual variables. The relationship between these important aspects of second language pragmatic competence, however, is underdeveloped in the literature. To fill this gap, the present paper is aimed at investigating the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic variations of the Iranian EFL learners from different proficiency levels. A written discourse completion task (WDCT) was adopted for collecting data. Data were analyzed using the coding categories for apologies developed in the previous benchmark studies. The findings of the study provided evidence showing both sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic development across the levels of language proficiency. The findings can be used for the development of pragmatics-focused materials in L2 and pragmatics instruction.

authors

• Eslami, Zohreh

published proceedings

• CONTRASTIVE PRAGMATICS

author list (cited authors)

• Eslami, Z. R., Raeisi-Vanani, A., & Reza, M.

complete list of authors

• Eslami, Zohreh R||Raeisi-Vanani, Amin||Reza, Mohammad

publication date

• December 2023

publisher

• Brill Academic Publishers  Publisher

published in

• Contrastive Pragmatics  Journal

keywords

• Apology Speech Act
• Interlanguage Pragmatics
• Iranian Efl Learners
• Pragmalinguistic Competence
• Sociopragmatic Competence

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1163/26660393-BJA10068

start page

• 27

end page

• 63

volume

• 4

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26660393-bja10068